William Shatner Quotes
I got on a horse when I was about 12 years of age, and started galloping around. my mother came up said "where did you learn to ride a horse?" I said "this is the first time I've ever been on a horse" I just knew, I just felt the horse.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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There is something not entirely satisfying about an online memorial.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.
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I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's wrestling with Congress and Wall Street and the rest of the world, they hope he'll be looking at things from their vantage point.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.
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When my mouth shall be filled with dust, and the worm shall feed, and feed sweetly upon me, when the ambitious man shall have no satisfaction if the poorest alive tread upon him, nor the poorest receive any contentment in being made equal to princes, for they shall be equal but in dust.
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I used to spend a lot of time at football training, but that time was later spent in amateur acting classes and my local youth theatre, in plays at school and after-school clubs. That filled the void.
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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'
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I got on a horse when I was about 12 years of age, and started galloping around. my mother came up said "where did you learn to ride a horse?" I said "this is the first time I've ever been on a horse" I just knew, I just felt the horse.
